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An acceptable level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job
Always keep a record of your data--it shows you've been working
Another deadline, another miracle
Any bureaucracy re-organized to enhance efficiency is indistinguishable from its predecessor
Any reform must be accounted a success which does not have an effect exactly the opposite of that intended
Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it
Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses
Any sufficiently low technology is indistinguishable from hard work
Ask for a silly requirement, get a silly solution
Beam me up--they're not hiring either
Carpe Noctem Seize the night I do more work after 2AM than most people do all day
Caution--I was not hired for my disposition
Cheap, Fast, Good--pick two
Come on, people--I can only do six things at once, and one of them HAS to be breathing
Committees have become so important that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work
Competency is its own punishment
A conference is a place where conversation is substituted for the dreariness of labor and the loneliness of thought
A corporation will do things too dumb for a person to do. A government will do things too dumb for a corporation to do. The bigger and older a corporation is, the more it resembles a government.
Crime doesn't pay, but at least you're your own boss
The customer is always right until proven otherwise--lets them feel good for a few minutes
The customer isn't always right, but they do get an unnatural amount of slack
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever
Don't be irreplaceable--if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted
Don't worry about who you step on when you're on the way up if you don't plan on coming down
The early bird who catches the worm works for someone who comes in late and owns the worm farm
Eat Fast Tip Big Get Out
An employer once said, "What if I train my people and they leave?" and I answered, "What if you don't train them and they stay?"
The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the other 90%
First-rate people hire first-rate people. Second-rate people hire third-rate people.
For every vision, there is an equal and opposite revision
Forms follow function, and often obliterate it
Fun, Legal, Profitable--pick two
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the equipment, training, and staff to make a difference
The good news is: I'm a perfectionist. The bad news is: I charge by the hour.
A good slogan can stop thought for fifty years. A great slogan can stop it forever.
Hard work may not kill me, but why take chances?
Have food--will work for money
Here at First National, you're not just a number--you're two numbers, a dash, three more numbers, another dash, and another number
Housework can kill you if you do it right
I can't go to work today--the voices said to stay home and clean the guns
I do the work of three men--Larry, Moe, and Curly
I don't delegate responsibility--I delegate blame
I don't do work, but I have a friend who does
I don't miss deadlines, I ignore them
I have a talent for idleness which is tragically wasted by my working here
I keep hitting the escape key, but I'm still here
I save lives--what do you do?
If we have to re-invent the wheel, could we at least get it round this time?
If work were so wonderful, the rich would keep it all for themselves
I'm a right-brain mind in a left-brain job
I'm not loafing--I work so fast I'm always finished
I'm not unemployed--I'm looking for the perfect job
I'm self-employed, and my boss is a bastard
I'm self-employed, and my boss is a bitch
I'm so bored I may have to resort to doing some work
Implementation is the fruitless struggle by the talented and underpaid to fulfill promises made by the rich and ignorant
The impossible we do immediately. Miracles require 24 hours notice.
In prison, you get time off for good behavior. At work, I get rewarded for good behavior with more work.
It's amazing how long it takes to finish something you're not working on
It's not procrastination--it's the incredible Just-in-Time Workload Management System!
Jobs don't kill programmers. Programmers kill jobs.
Lead lemming
The less you bother me, the sooner you'll get results
Liberal Arts Graduate--Will think for food
May the toes I step on today be in no way connected to the asses I must kiss tomorrow
The meek may inherit the earth, but it's the grumpy who get promoted
My boss said homosexuality is a disease, so I called in queer to work
A neat desk is the sign of a sick mind
Never learn to type. If you do, someone will ask you to do it.
The Night Crew--it's an attitude
No job too big, no job too small, no job too stupid
No major project is completed on time, within budget, or by the same staff who started it. Yours will not be the first.
No wanna work! Wanna bang on keyboard!
Of course my job looks easy--I'm doing it
One of the symptoms of impending nervous breakdown is the belief that your work is terribly important
Organization: n. Arrangement in an orderly or logical fashion. See 'miracle'.
Out of body, back at end of meeting
Permanent job security is being the only one in the office who reads manuals
Please solve your problems in advance so that we can help you better
The problem with trouble-shooting is that trouble shoots back
RTFMA Read the manual, SIR!
The same qualities that make me so charming have also made me unemployable
SECURITY Sure, it starts out as "ooh" and "aah", but then later there's running and screaming and....
Service with a snarl
A sick mind is not necessarily the sign of a neat desk
Suffering from the inhumanity of regular employment
There can't be a crisis next week--my schedule is already full
There's no need to do housework--after four years the dirt doesn't get any worse
They'll make me wear a beeper when they put it into my cold dead hands
This job is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, it would have been followed by pay raises and promotions.
This job would be a lot easier if it weren't for the clients
Those who are unable to remember past meetings are condemned to repeat them
To err is human. To forgive is not company policy.
The trouble with being boss is there's no satisfaction is stealing office supplies
The value of a program is proportional to the weight of its output
We aren't disorganized--we have an organization which is beyond comprehension
We tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing...and a wonderful method it is for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization
We, the unwilling led by the unknowing are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much with so little for so long that we are now capable of doing practically anything with virtually nothing.
Welcome to hell. I'm your supervisor.
What do you mean, we're not getting paid?
When you don't know what you're doing, do it neatly
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What's Latin for office automation?
The work most executives do isn't very different from the work most secretaries do, except that executives rarely have demonstrable skills like typing ninety words a minute
Work your fingers to the bone, and what do you get? Bony fingers!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of bad design, I will fear no tolerance, for I can just "work around it"
You can name your own salary here--I call mine Fred
You can stop being useless now--the crisis has passed
You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you.
You guys start writing code and I'll go find out what they want
You knew the job was dangerous when you took it
Your lack of planning does not constitute my emergency
I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow probably won't be, either.
I pretend to work. They pretend to pay me.
It doesn't have to make sense--it's library policy
There's a creep in every office. Don't let it be you. But what if you're self-employed?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that the maximum safe load capacity on my butt is 2 persons at one time unless I install handrails or safety straps. As you have arrived 6th in line to ride my ass today, please take a number and wait your turn.
The meetings will continue until productivity improves
You cannot really appreciate Dilbert until you have read it in the original Klingon
If we knew what we were doing, we wouldn't call it research
Just do what your boss would do if they knew what they were talking about
Yes, I'm working on it. No, I don't know when it will be done. DON'T ASK!
Will work for money
At meetings someone speaks and says nothing. Nobody listens -- and then everybody disagrees.
Every engineer's goal is to retire without being blamed for a major catastrophe
First Rule of Night Ops: There is no Night Ops. Second Rule of Night Ops: What happens in Night Ops, stays in Night Ops.
Change is inevitable. Exact change is appreciated.
De facto standards are standards. De jure standards are wishes.
Real musicians have day jobs
I no longer fear hell, I work in retail
If your coalition isn't driving you crazy, it isn't broad enough
My coalition is broad enough
SECURITY....Protecting people like you from people like me
There's gotta be an easier way of going broke
The person who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt the person who is doing it
University faculties are communities of scholars united only by common grievances about parking
NOT BORN TO MULTI-TASK--would all tasks please line up in order?
Give a silly requirement, get a silly solution
Because I'm the agent, that's why
TGI[shin]
With feedback, decisions are judged on results. Without feedback, decisions are judged on appearance.
I am not a mad scientist. I am an angry engineer.
Work Sleep Reading--Pick Two
My job is so secret that even I don't know what I'm doing
No lesson plan survives contact with the e/n/e/m/y/ students
I'm new at this. If you want someone more experienced next year, be nice to me.
Why can't anyone tell I'm wearing this business suit ironically?
I work well with others. Others. Not you.
I fight entropy. It's great job security.
The great thing about writing is that you can set your own schedule-- any 18 hours of the day you like

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Another Deadline, Another Miracle
To err is human. To forgive is against company policy.
Summa cum laude graduate, Darth Vader School of Personnel Management
Computers cut my work in half... and the boss expects me to put it all back together!
It's hard to Soar with Dragons when you Work with Gargoyles
Always proofread. You might have something out.
Out of mind - Back in 5 minutes
Seven out of ten voices in my head say "Call in sick"

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